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"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2001-10-05
- video_camera_front Companies Burnside Entertainment, Lower East Side Films, GreeneStreet Films
- timer Runtime: 103 Mins
- star Rating: 6.2 / 10
- favorite Likes: 10 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0261066
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Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero

Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin

Talisa Soto
Sugar

Nelson Vasquez
Tito Goya

Panchito Gómez
Acting Inmate

Michael Wright
Edgar Bowser

Michael Irby
Reinaldo Povod

Rita Moreno
Miguel's Mother

Jaime Sánchez
Miguel's Father

Rome Neal
Jake

Mandy Patinkin
Joseph Papp

Oscar A. Colon
Bodega Man

Miriam Cruz
Bodega Woman

Luis Caballero
Shooting Gallery Man

Sophia Domoulin
Shooting Gallery Woman

Robert Klein
Doctor

Gilbert Callazo
Miguel, as teen

Samuel Bruce Campbell
Short Eyes Cop

Lorraine Velez
Tutu

Michael Philip Del Rio
Angry Father (scenes deleted)
groups Crew

Leon Ichaso
Director

Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production Manager

Leon Ichaso
Writer

John Leguizamo
Co-Executive Producer

Kathy DeMarco
Co-Executive Producer

Jamie Gordon
Co-Producer

Caroline Jaczko
Line Producer

John Penotti
Producer

Lisa Rhoden
Associate Producer

Fisher Stevens
Producer

Glen Trotiner
Associate Producer

Tim Williams
Producer

Bradley Yonover
Executive Producer

Kip Hanrahan
Music

Claudio Chea
Director of Photography

David Tedeschi
Editor
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